To Quell the Terror: The True Story of the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne - Paperback

by William Bush (Author)

Recounts the dramatic true story of the Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compigne, martyred during the French Revolution's "Great Terror," and known to the world through their fictional representation in Gertrud von Le Fort's Song at the Scaffold and Francis Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites. Includes index and 15 photos.